The paper describes the history of the creation of the first ruby laser in 1961 at the Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN), the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Appendices present an excerpt of FIAN’s 1961 annual report and a talk at the Third International Congress on Quantum Electronics (1963), in which one of the first scientific results obtained with a laser is described.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.50.−p, 42.60.−v (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201101h.0082 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/1/h/ 000294812200008 2-s2.0-79959993603 2011PhyU...54...77L Citation: Leontovich A M, Chizhikova Z A "On the creation of the first ruby laser in Moscow" Phys. Usp. 54 77–85 (2011) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)Medline RefWorks RT Journal T1 On the creation of the first ruby laser in Moscow A1 Leontovich,A.M. A1 Chizhikova,Z.A. PB Physics-Uspekhi PY 2011 FD 10 Jan, 2011 JF Physics-Uspekhi JO Phys. Usp. VO 54 IS 1 SP 77-85 DO 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201101h.0082 LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/1/h/ Оригинал: Леонтович А М, Чижикова З А «О создании первого лазера на рубине в Москве» УФН 181 82–91 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201101h.0082